Table or stand



. UNITED STATES @PATENT OFFICE;

FRED WESLRYCOOIQOF NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIsAssIeNOR To CHICAGO HARD- WAREFOUNDRY COMPANY, or NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

TABLE 0R STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it lmown that I, FRED WESLEY COOK, acitizen of the United States of America, and a resident of NorthChicago, in the county of Lake, State of Illinois, have invented Certainnew and useful Improvements in Tables or Stands, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to means for attaching together the end standardsor legs and the intermediate horizontal connecting brace of tables andlike support, and has for its object:

To provide a simple, durable and substantion structural formation andcombination of parts whereby a connection in a strong and effectivemanner is attained between the brace and the legs, and with which thefastening devices are concealed from view and a smooth surfaceappearance of the parts at the points of juncture is attained, all aswill hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1, is a perspective view of a lunchroom table illustrating the general arrangement of parts in the presentinvention. a

Fig. 2, is an enlarged detail vertical section on line 2 2, Fig. 3, ofthe present connecting means.

Fig. 3, is a detail horizontal section On line 3 3 Fig. 1.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the dierent views.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the usual rectangular upper frameof a table or stand upon which the table top 2 is supported.

3, 3 designate pairs of end legs, preferably of a curved form and havingadjacent relation at their mid-height as shown in Fig. 1, and with eachleg of a V form in crosssection as illustrated in Fig. 3.

4, designates a Yhorizontal tie member arranged midway the height of thelegs?? and preferably of a channel shape in cross-section and formedwith expanded end portions 4 formed with orifices in their verticalwalls for the passage Of attaching lu s of the legs, and for the shankof the attac ing bolts of the present construction more to be described.

5 designates counterpart orificed lugs formed as integral parts of thevle s 3 and projecting inwardly therefrom. aid lugs are adapted toproject one past the other in an assembled condition of the parts vwiththeir orifices in alined relation to receive the parts aredrawn togetherand firmly held in assembled relation.

Y In the preferred form of the present construction, as shown moreparticularly in Fig. 3, the attaching lug 5 of each leg 3 has an offsetarrangement so that its inner vertical face will be on the medianvertical line of the leg. With such construction, legs Of a singlecounterpart formation can be em* ployed in that when arranged inreversed relation for assemblage the lug 5, of one leg will pass the lug5 of the companion leg into proper assembly position.

I-Iaving thus fully described my said invention what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a table or the like, thecombination of a pair of opposed legs formed with orificed lugs, ahorizontal brace having enlarged hollow ends formed with orifices forthe passage of said lugs, and an attaching bolt passing through an Vendorifice in said brace end and through the orifices of the aforesaid lugsand having a fixed head at on end and a clam-ping nut at the other en 2.In a table or the like, the combination of a pair of opposed legs formedwith Orificed lugs, a horizontal brace of a channel form closed at itsends and having Orices in its vertical walls for the passage yof saidlugs, and an attaching bolt passing through an end orifice in said braceand through the orifices of the aforesaid lugs and having a fixed headat orne end and a clamping nut at the other end.

3. In a table or the like, the combination 5 of a pair of opposed legsformed Ywith oriiced lugs each offset from the median line of the leg, ahorizontal brace having enlarged hollow ends ormed'vvith orifices forthe passage of said lugs', and an attaching bolt passing through an endorifice in said EL@ brace end and through the orifices of the aforesaidlugs and having a fixed head at one end and a clamping nut at the otherend. Signed at North Chicago7 Ill., this 31st day of December, 1920.

FRED WESLEY 000K.

